Combination cap-opener, cigar-clipper, and burglar-key.



H. WALKER.

COMBINATION CAP OPENER, CIGAR CLlPPER,-AND BURGLAR KEY.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY19. 191'6.

1,21 9,203. Patented Mar. 18, 1917.

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rrnn sra'rnsrarnr HARRY WALKER, OF ANAHEIM, CALIFQRNIA, AS SIGNOR 0FONE-HALF T0 VICTOR W.

Y LA. MONT, OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. I

COMBINATION CAP-OPENER, CIGAR-CLIPPER, AND BIJ'RGLAR-KEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 13, 1917,

Application filed July 19, 1916. Serial No. 110,125.

To all whom it may com-em:

Be it known that I, HARRY l/VALKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Anaheim, in the county of Orange and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Cap-Openers, Cigar-Clippers, and Burglar-Keys, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a combination cap opener, cigar clipper andburglar key, and has for its principal object the production of a.simple and eflicient means for removing the caps from bottles andclipping off the ends of cigars, and also for holding a key in the doorso that the same may not be rotated.

Another object of this invention is the production of a device of thisnature provided with a shank that may be struck from a single sheet ofmetal.

lVith these and other objects in View this invention consists of certainnovel combinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: 7

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device showing how the same is used.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the device showing how the sameis used to hold a key.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the shank and fixed jaw.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pivoted jaw.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of a modification of thedevice.

Fig. 7 is a view of the blank from which the fixed aw and shank of themodification is formed.

By referring to the drawings by numerals it will be seen that ldesignates the shank upon which is fixedly mounted the fixed jaw 2. Thisfixed jaw is provided with the nose 3, which nose extends parallel withthe longitudinal axis of the shank 1.

By referring especially to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the neck portion4: is provided with the cutting edge 5 and that the fixed jaw isprovided with the aperture 6. The pivoted jaw 7 which is provided withthe integral inwardly extending curved portion fixed jaw: and shank maybe struck from sheet metal and bent along the dotted lines as shown inFig. 7, and having the side portions 11 adjacent the fixed jaw spacedfrom each other whereby the pivoted jaw 7 may be rotated around thepivot point 12. By this construction as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 it willbe seen that the pivoted jaw 7' may be swung into the pocket 13wherebythe same will be prevented from hooking into other paraphernaliathat might be carried in the pocket in which the device is carried.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the pivoted jaw 7 may beswung around toward the fixed jaw 2 by means of the portion 14 so as toengage the cap 15 which is attached to the bottle 16. When the device isin the above described position it will be seen that by lifting up uponthe shank 1, the cap will be easily removed from the bottle 16. It willalso be seen by referring to Fig.

1 that the pivoted jaw 7 is provided with the cutting edge 17, and thatwhen the outer edge of the jaw is substantially parallel with thelongitudinal axis of the shank, that a cigarmay be placed in between thecutting edge 17 of the pivoted aw and thecutting edge 5 of the fixed jawand by pressing upon the member 14 the end of the cigar will be easilycut from the body portion thereof.

By referring especially to Fig. 3 it will be seen that this device maybe used to prevent a key 18 from being dislodged from a key hole in thedoor from the outside. This is accomplished by having the pivoted jaw atthe edge extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shank l andallowing the inwardly extending curved portion 8 to extend into the eyeportion of the key where by the key will be held in a half turnedposition in the key hole and therefore, it will be impossible todislodge the key from the said key hole.

From the above description-it will be seen that a simple .and efficientdevice has been produced which performs three independent functions,namely, a cap remover, a cigar clipper and a burglar key device. It willin Fig. 7, andthat the two sections 19 and 20 may be bent along thedotted lines over upon themselves and that the pivoted jaw may bepivot-ally mounted therebetween.

10 its central longitudinal axis so as to form a handie portion, a neckintegrally extending at right angles to said handle, a head inte grallyprovided upon said neck, eyes pro- Y vided in said head a noseintegrally extending parallel With said handle and in the oppositedirection, a pocket formed intermediate said handle and said neck, aswinging jaw pivotally mounted upon said head.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

HARRY WALKER.

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Washington, D! C.

